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That was already £70 over budget and having to use savings money. Thats why. I wasn't expecting an I7 and a 1070 for that price.


Adding £200 is not possible.

Well you could save your £70 if you buy that exact build all separately, you'll just need to assemble it yourself.

Spoiler: Savings

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£259.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£57.07 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£68.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£65.00 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card (£419.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.49 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£43.00 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£17.86 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £1124.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-11 14:08 BST+0100

A different but slightly better PSU in there, too.

You could even go with this more visually pleasing motherboard that brings with it the possibility to add more memory and M.2 SSD if you so wished, and you'll still save £50. 👍

 

[Flex0r]

Case: Antec Performance One P280 Black
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k @ 4.0 Ghz
MB: ASUS Z97-DELUXE
RAM: G.Skill F3-1600C7D-16GTX DDR3
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 10 CM 600W
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB (OS)
SSD2: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (Most played games)
HDD: WD Black WD3003FZEX 3TB
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U2412M
Mouse: Roccat Kone
Keyboard: Logitech K740 Illuminated
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

At the moment I´m still running with the stock cooler, will replace it in the future.

Usually I wouldn´t spent more than 200 euros on a graphics card, but as I spent a lot of time playing games and I´m able to afford it, I allowed myself to get the 1070.

 

[Lizard]

Case: Antec Performance One P280 Black
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k @ 4.0 Ghz
MB: ASUS Z97-DELUXE
RAM: G.Skill F3-1600C7D-16GTX DDR3
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 10 CM 600W
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB (OS)
SSD2: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (Most played games)
HDD: WD Black WD3003FZEX 3TB
Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp U2412M
Mouse: Roccat Kone
Keyboard: Logitech K740 Illuminated
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

At the moment I´m still running with the stock cooler, will replace it in the future.

Usually I wouldn´t spent more than 200 euros on a graphics card, but as I spent a lot of time playing games and I´m able to afford it, I allowed myself to get the 1070.

How is the 1070?

 

[Flex0r]

How is the 1070?

Pretty good I must say, it's a card which is great for 1080p gaming.
Can run almost all games on the highest settings with a solid framerate 60+ (only The Division needed some changes in the settings), but the biggest difference in this build is having an ssd especially for my games, loading times are practically out the window, should have done that waaayyy sooner.

 

[Mr Latte]

I can say many good things about an i7 6700K with my overclock to 4.6GHz & combined with a GTX 1070. Here's my little d.i.y mid level system. From my own experience though I recommend at least a 500GB SSD as the main drive.

Started this build in spring and only recently got the GPU with additional 250GB SSD storage.
With games coming in the 50-80gb these days it doesn't take long to fill up such drives.

Games are very enjoyable.
The GTX 1070 will have no problem sustaining above 60fps with 1080p res in all but only a few of the latest games. This is why I held off later going beyond an RX480 or 1060 card. Really Ultrawide 21:9 3440x1440 resolutions are possible and up to (4K) 3840x2160 with some titles above 60fps.

• Intel i7 6700K
• Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 Intel Socket 1151
• Cooler Master G750M PSU
• EVGA GTX 1070 FTW
• Corsair Spec Alpha Case (Red/White)
• 2x 4 GB Ballistix 2400 Mhz DDR4 (Red)
• 2x 4 GB Ballistix 2400 MHz DDR4 (White)
• Deepcool 240 CPU Cooler (White)
• Asus Xonar DGX PCI Express 5.1 (Simvibe Extensions Mode)
• 2x Samsung EVO 850 2.5" 250GB SATA III SSD
• Samsung Slim USB External DVD

Deepcool 240 CPU cooler is very neat and compact compared to a massive heatsink, keeps system cool with no problems, I have triple 120mm intake fans at front of case, 1 at the bottom for the GPU and 1 exhaust fan out the rear.

Lighting is via Phillips LED which can be set to any static colour. It is unique compared to other types of LED lighting, as it can also be set to connect with Phillips TV Ambilight feature. This allows it to sync the colour with the on-screen action or adapt with the audio using various presets.


Amazing graphical and fun game.

GOW4 3840x2160 (4K) Ultra with Dynamic Resolution Mode 60fps


GOW4 3840x2160 (4K) Ultra Settings 40fps


GOW4 3440x1400 Ultra Settings 60fps


GOW4 2560x1080 Ultra Settings 90fps


GOW4 1920x1080 Ultra Settings 119fps

 

[paskowitz]

 

[Lizard]

This is my pc.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/sca...dr4-evga-gtx-1070-sc-240gb-ssd-1tb-hdd-win-10

 

[GT'S BiG FaN]

I was gonna post a pic of my PC, but eh, I won't bother.

 

[Grayfox]

This is making me giddy about my build which is nearly done.

 

[TB]

I was gonna post a pic of my PC, but eh, I won't bother.

Why? Presumably because someone's build is, or looks, better than yours? I would hope that wouldn't be a deterrent around here.

 

[paskowitz]

I was gonna post a pic of my PC, but eh, I won't bother.

Don't do this. You think my PC looked great the first time I built it? Or even the second. It's a long, slow evolutionary process.

If you have any questions or wish for any feedback, I'd be happy to help. Right of the bat here are some cheap things you can do to improve any build: 1. Velcro ties for cable management 2. Vinyl wrap 3. A personal, non computer based item for decoration

 

[Rallywagon]

Here. Let me lower the bar a little bit... (Btw, nice looking rig paskowitz)

I'm a bit of a "prototype" type, not much on a clean finish... So it's all a bit rough looking, but form follows function, and it functions great.
I do plan on building a proper gaming desk and sim rig but as of now they are on the back burner since we plan on moving this summer. The desk itself is going to house two computers, some book shelves and other odds and ends, as well as some mounts for the flight sticks that will mechanically stash away. The whole thing is going to be quite a large setup and would be quite cumbersome to try and move. So for now I'll continue gaming on this humble setup.

 

[paskowitz]

Here. Let me lower the bar a little bit... (Btw, nice looking rig paskowitz)

I'm a bit of a "prototype" type, not much on a clean finish... So it's all a bit rough looking, but form follows function, and it functions great.
I do plan on building a proper gaming desk and sim rig but as of now they are on the back burner since we plan on moving this summer. The desk itself is going to house two computers, some book shelves and other odds and ends, as well as some mounts for the flight sticks that will mechanically stash away. The whole thing is going to be quite a large setup and would be quite cumbersome to try and move. So for now I'll continue gaming on this humble setup.

Thanks for the compliments. I really like the industrialness of your build. Looks like high end manufacturing equipment. Seeing a case like that reminds me of how "same-y" cases have become. Glass, vents, RGBs.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

@paskowitz Is that the cable combs from cablemod or it's coming from another manufacturer ?

Love your build btw, nicely done. I'm waiting for the AMD Zen official benchmark before I decide which mobo/cpu I get and then I'll be able to upgrade my pc.

 

[paskowitz]

@paskowitz Is that the cable combs from cablemod or it's coming from another manufacturer ?

Love your build btw, nicely done. I'm waiting for the AMD Zen official benchmark before I decide which mobo/cpu I get and then I'll be able to upgrade my pc.

Thanks for the compliments. The cable combs are cnc'd aluminum from MNPCTech.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Thanks for the compliments. The cable combs are cnc'd aluminum from MNPCTech.

Wow didnt knew that site, it's awesome thanks man !

Not sure my bank account gonnna like it tho XD

 

[194GVan]

Just completed my first build. Feels Good Man.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912
CPU: Intel Core i5 6600 @ 3.3 Ghz, Cryorig H7 heatsink
MB: ASUS Z170-AR LGA1151 ATX
RAM: CRUCIAL 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 2400
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming 6GB GDDR5
PSU: Corsair RM750x
SSD: Sandisk 120GB SSD (OS)
HDD: Seagate 1TB 6gb/s SATA
Monitor: LG 720p 34" LED tv
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Because of using a TV for a monitor, the resolution looks most crisp at 720p. Assetto Corsa in game benchmark test is right at 100fps with all graphics options cranked up.

I actually had gone with an MSI Z170A SLI Plus motherboard, but upon assembly spent about 6 hours troubleshooting crap to come to the conclusion that the motherboard was faulty. Had the PC functional within an hour installing the new one.

 

[Astroboy2215]

Moved back home to NH and left my old pc in FL. A few friends and I are trying to see who can build the best cheap pc and here is what I'm starting off with.
AMD Phenom x4 9150e
NVIDIA GTX 750ti FTW edition
7gb ddr2
640gb hdd
Windows 10
Cost me around $50 to get this whole setup (was from family) and I will have to spend $189 to get it up to the point where she is gaming worthy

 

[imported_vortex]

CPU: dual Intel XEON E5-2670 2.6 GHz 20 MB 8-Core CPU Processor.
MB: ASRock Rack EP2C602
RAM: Samsung 64GB DDR3 1333MHz
GPU: Asus strix GTX 970 4GB GDDR5
PSU: Corsair RM850x
SSD: Crucial MX300 270 GB SSD (OS)
HDD: Seagate (3-3-2-1) TB SATA
Monitor: hitachi cp ex300 (projector)

 

[sesselpupser]

Not my PC, but one I've worked on over the past couple of days:

It was in a house fire, even though it was switched off it still managed to get smoke packed into everything; heatsink fins, fan motors, under the HDD controllers... It was filthy. I stripped it to pieces so the owner could clean it, then when I went home he reassembled it but left the cables in a complete mess. I've not finished yet but this is how it looked when I stopped yesterday, not the best ever but probably as good a job as I can do without special bits like cable combs and custom cables. I'll probably end up tucking those two cables at the bottom behind the motherboard tray side panel, that red SATA at the top needs seeing to and there's just a couple of other bits that could be neater. As nice as this case is, it leaves very little clearance for the motherboard end of the SATA data cables... Also the lack of PCI slot plates is really bugging me but we don't have any in stock.

 

[Orayani]

Cabling is the most fun as well as sleeving your own cables. I went all stealth many years ago and done quite a few dremel mods on an old Lian Li case from 2006. It'll look sweet once the NVIDIA card is in. The case is as quiet as a PS4 for everyday tasks. Midi tower.

 

[Dave A]

I have a desktop but it's not been switched on for about 4 years. Been using laptops exclusively since. My newest is a custom spec gaming laptop from PC Specialists. Here's the spec:

Chassis & Display

Octane Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 - 8.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1, G-SYNC
Memory - Hard Disk 2TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

Partitions: 1000GB, 1000GB

2nd Hard Disk 2TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

Partitions: 2000GB

M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)

Partitions: 256GB

Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ WIRELESS-AC 1535 M.2 GAMING 802.11AC + BLUETOOTH 4.1
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 2 x USB 3.1 Type C Ports
Notebook Mouse ROCCAT™ Kone Pure Gaming Mouse
Games Controller NONE

Change to: Xbox One Controller + Cable for Windows
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM

Here's a pic and my Firestrike score before I started messing with it. Since thne I've undervolder the CPU by -130mhz and clocking the CPU at 4.3ghz.

 

[paskowitz]

I have a desktop but it's not been switched on for about 4 years. Been using laptops exclusively since. My newests is a cusom spec gaming laptop from PC Specialists. Here's the spec:

Chassis & Display

Octane Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX IMPACT 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 - 8.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1, G-SYNC
Memory - Hard Disk 2TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

Partitions: 1000GB, 1000GB

2nd Hard Disk 2TB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (5,400rpm)

Partitions: 2000GB

M.2 SSD Drive 256GB SAMSUNG SM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3100MB/R, 1400MB/W)

Partitions: 256GB

Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Bluetooth & Wireless GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ WIRELESS-AC 1535 M.2 GAMING 802.11AC + BLUETOOTH 4.1
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 Ports + 2 x USB 3.1 Type C Ports
Notebook Mouse ROCCAT™ Kone Pure Gaming Mouse
Games Controller NONE

Change to: Xbox One Controller + Cable for Windows
Webcam INTEGRATED 2.0 MP FULL HD WEBCAM

Here's a pic and my Firestrike score before I started messing with it. Since thne I've undervolder the CPU by -130mhz and clocking the CPU at 4.3ghz.

You should be able to get a more or of that system. You won't see noticable temp or power increases until you go above 1.3v on the CPU. 4.6 should be your target. It's free performance. Don't forget your system isn't locked at that voltage during idle or light use.

GPU as well. You shouldn't need any extra voltage to get it to boost 2000Mhz with a simple overclock applied.

I know you may be thinking won't my system get hot/noisy? Not really. Skylake and Pascal are super efficient. At most you are looking at an extra 50 watts of heat. Unless you have a reference GPU and a low end CPU cooler, there shouldn't be a noticeable difference.

With those two overclocks applied, you should see at LEAST a 15% bump in performance (fps). You should be able to hit 19000-20000 FS Normal no problem.

 

[Dave A]

I'm tinkering slowly, the fans can get noisy under a stress test but the temps are well under control. To be honest though, not much stresses the system gaming wise. It's getting around 17500 on FS at the moment, with it being a laptop I am conscious that if I push it that bit too far the temps could rocket.

 

[paskowitz]

I'm tinkering slowly, the fans can get noisy under a stress test but the temps are well under control. To be honest though, not much stresses the system gaming wise. It's getting around 17500 on FS at the moment, with it being a laptop I am conscious that if I push it that bit too far the temps could rocket.

Loooool. I totally missed the laptop part. Well then, don't I look silly. Yeah... don't burn your legs for an overclock.

Also, congratulations... you laptop is as powerful (according to Firestrike) as my $2000+ custom water cooled desktop that I only completed parts wise about a year ago... technology moves fast man... really fast. Nvidias laptop GPUs (same as desktop) are crazy.

 

[Dave A]

Loooool. I totally missed the laptop part. Well then, don't I look silly. Yeah... don't burn your legs for an overclock.

Also, congratulations... you laptop is as powerful (according to Firestrike) as my $2000+ custom water cooled desktop that I only completed parts wise about a year ago... technology moves fast man... really fast. Nvidias laptop GPUs (same as desktop) are crazy.

Thanks, yeah this will probably be out of date within 18 months. I don't mind splashing on a new laptop every few years, if I can get 3 years out of it keeping the settings at a decent level on most games I'll be happy.

 

[sesselpupser]

I apologise for what is probably a terrible photo, but here's how my PC looks as of about an hour ago:

That's an i5 4690k, Asus Z97-M Plus, 16GB of G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3-1600, Noctua NH-U9S cooler, two 512GB 850 Evos, one 256GB 850 Evo, one 256GB 840 Evo, a 512GB Intel 600p (possibly visible just below the cooler), my brand new Corsair RM650x, also brand new Zotac Amp Extreme GTX 1080 (complete with supporting chain of zip ties because it's so heavy it looked like it was going to snap the PCIe slot off), oh and a Gigabyte 802.11ac/Bluetooth 4.0+EDR card of some description.

Yes, the SSDs are just hanging out loose in the case and yes, I will do something about it when I can, but I can't right now. Two used to be on a steel plate attached to the 5.25" bay and the case floor but the PCIe power header on the card obstructed it, another one was mounted behind the motherboard but as it was the oldest SSD I have and I'm already using all of my availabe SATA ports (there are two more but they don't work when you have a PCIe M.2 SSD installed), so my next storage upgrade would've required me to take the motherboard out again. The other SSD has been floating for months now, but my PC doesn't move so I doubt it minds... I intend to make a little 5.25" bay adaptor for all four eventually, but I don't have the tools or equipment at home. I'll be making covers for my unused fan slots too.

 

[Nexus]

Ignore the messy cables at the back

Case: Deepcool Tesseract White
CPU: Intel i5 4460
MB: MSI H97M-G43
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 1600MHz (2X4GB) DDR3
PSU: Corsair CX600
GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB, Western Digital Blue 1TB
Monitor: BenQ RL2455M
Keyboard: Ancient Microsoft Keyboard (it's at least seven years old now )
Mouse: Cheap Logitech mouse (looking to upgrade this soon)
Audio: Kingston HyperX Cloud II
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit

 

[Darla Starch]

I'm sorry for the ghastly dust and cobwebs. It's an old Dell Inspiron 530s that hasn't run in over five years and is only opened so I can salvage the contents of the hard drive.

Back. Bow down to THESE specs
CPU: Intel Pentium E2160, 1.8 Ghz
RAM: 2 GB DDR2, 667 Mhz
HDD: 320 GB 7200 rpm
Graphics: Intel GMA 3100
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

 

[Rallywagon]

I apologise for what is probably a terrible photo, but here's how my PC looks as of about an hour ago:

View attachment 624590

That's an i5 4690k, Asus Z97-M Plus, 16GB of G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3-1600, Noctua NH-U9S cooler, two 512GB 850 Evos, one 256GB 850 Evo, one 256GB 840 Evo, a 512GB Intel 600p (possibly visible just below the cooler), my brand new Corsair RM650x, also brand new Zotac Amp Extreme GTX 1080 (complete with supporting chain of zip ties because it's so heavy it looked like it was going to snap the PCIe slot off), oh and a Gigabyte 802.11ac/Bluetooth 4.0+EDR card of some description.

Yes, the SSDs are just hanging out loose in the case and yes, I will do something about it when I can, but I can't right now. Two used to be on a steel plate attached to the 5.25" bay and the case floor but the PCIe power header on the card obstructed it, another one was mounted behind the motherboard but as it was the oldest SSD I have and I'm already using all of my availabe SATA ports (there are two more but they don't work when you have a PCIe M.2 SSD installed), so my next storage upgrade would've required me to take the motherboard out again. The other SSD has been floating for months now, but my PC doesn't move so I doubt it minds... I intend to make a little 5.25" bay adaptor for all four eventually, but I don't have the tools or equipment at home. I'll be making covers for my unused fan slots too.

I see we share similar hard drive mounting styles... My 5.25 is mounted, all m 3s are set on the floor of the case. I wasn't planning on staying in this case so long. But, like you said. I don't move the computer and their not complaining, so there they will stay.

I'm sorry for the ghastly dust and cobwebs. It's an old Dell Inspiron 530s that hasn't run in over five years and is only opened so I can salvage the contents of the hard drive.

Back. Bow down to THESE specs
CPU: Intel Pentium E2160, 1.8 Ghz
RAM: 2 GB DDR2, 667 Mhz
HDD: 320 GB 7200 rpm
Graphics: Intel GMA 3100
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

There be gold in them hills. Old pentiums are full of it.